Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA to Build Software-Defined Computing Architecture for Automated Driving Across Future Fleet
June 23 2020 - 1:30PM
Mercedes-Benz, one of the largest manufacturers of premium
passenger cars, and NVIDIA, the global leader in accelerated
computing, plan to enter into a cooperation to create a
revolutionary in-vehicle computing system and AI computing
infrastructure. Starting in 2024, this will be rolled out across
the fleet of next-generation Mercedes-Benz vehicles, enabling them
with upgradable automated driving functions.
Working together, the companies plan to develop the most
sophisticated and advanced computing architecture ever deployed in
an automobile.
The new software-defined architecture will be built on the
NVIDIA DRIVE™ platform and will be standard in Mercedes-Benz’s
next-generation fleet, enabling state-of-the-art automated driving
functionalities. A primary feature will be the ability to automate
driving of regular routes from address to address. In addition,
there will be numerous future safety and convenience applications.
Customers will be able to purchase and add capabilities, software
applications and subscription services through over-the-air
software updates during the life of the car.
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, said: “We are excited
to work with Mercedes-Benz. It’s the perfect partner for us given
its long record of innovation and our strong technical
relationship. It’s clear from our extensive discussions with Ola
and his team that we share a common vision of the automobile of the
future. Together, we’re going to revolutionize the car ownership
experience, making the vehicle software programmable and
continuously upgradeable via over-the-air updates. Every future
Mercedes-Benz with the NVIDIA DRIVE system will come with a team of
expert AI and software engineers continuously developing, refining
and enhancing the car over its lifetime.”
Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG
and Head of Mercedes-Benz AG, said: “We are delighted to be able to
extend our cooperation with NVIDIA. Jensen and I know one another
well and we have spent a great deal of time talking about the goals
and potential of next-generation vehicle computing architecture.
This new platform will become an efficient, centralized and
software-defined system in our future Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
NVIDIA’s AI computing architecture will help us streamline our
journey towards autonomous driving. These new capabilities and
upgrades will be downloaded from the cloud, improving safety,
increasing value and extending the joy of ownership for all
Mercedes-Benz customers.”
A New Computing Architecture
Automated driving functions in future Mercedes-Benz cars will be
powered by the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE platform. The computer
system-on-a-chip, called NVIDIA Orin™, is based on the recently
announced NVIDIA Ampere supercomputing architecture. The NVIDIA
DRIVE platform includes a full system software stack designed for
automated driving AI applications. NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz will
jointly develop the AI and automated vehicle applications that
include SAE level 2 and 3, as well as automated parking
functions (up to level 4).
The new system’s state-of-the-art capabilities will be harnessed
with a total focus on safety. As the technology and regulatory
framework develop, it will be possible for every car to be updated
over the air to enable new automated driving functions. Convenience
as well as other safety features will also be available.
To develop the new models, both companies will be utilizing
NVIDIA DRIVE Infrastructure solutions to enable data-driven
development and deep neural network development to handle the
requirements of the regions and operational domains where the cars
will be available.
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Mercedes-Benz AG is responsible for the global business of
Mercedes-Benz Cars and Mercedes-Benz Vans with over 173,000
employees worldwide. Ola Källenius is Chairman of the Board of
Management of Mercedes-Benz AG. The company focuses on the
development, production and sales of passenger cars, vans and
services. Furthermore, with its pioneering innovations, the company
aspires to be a leader in the fields of connectivity, automated
driving and alternative powertrains. The product portfolio
comprises the Mercedes-Benz brand with the sub-brands Mercedes-AMG,
Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes me, as well as the smart brand and
the EQ product and technology brand for electric mobility.
Mercedes-Benz AG is one of the largest manufacturers of premium
passenger cars. In 2019, it sold nearly 2.4 million passenger cars
and more than 438,000 vans. In its two business segments,
Mercedes-Benz AG is continually expanding its worldwide production
network with over 40 production sites on four continents, while
gearing itself to meet the requirements of electric mobility. At
the same time, the company is constructing its global battery
production network on three continents. Sustainable actions play a
decisive role in both business segments. To the company,
sustainability means creating lasting value for all stakeholders:
customers, employees, investors, business partners and society as a
whole. The basis for this is Daimler’s sustainable business
strategy. In it, the company takes responsibility for the economic,
ecological and social effects of its business activities and looks
at the entire value chain.
About NVIDIA NVIDIA‘s (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention
of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market,
redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel
computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the
next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of
computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and
understand the world. More information at
http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.
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Certain statements in this press release including, but not
limited to, statements as to: the benefits, impact, performance,
and availability of the in-vehicle computing system and
AI computing infrastructure from Mercedes-Benz and
NVIDIA, and NVIDIA DRIVE; enabling the next-generation of
Mercedes-Benz vehicles with upgradable automated driving functions;
the plan to develop the most sophisticated and advanced computing
architecture ever deployed in an automobile; the new
architecture being built on NVIDIA DRIVE and being
standard in all next-generation Mercedes-Benz vehicles; the
features of the new architecture, its benefits and what it will
enable; revolutionizing the car ownership experience; every future
Mercedes-Benz model with the NVIDIA DRIVE system coming
with a team of expert AI and software engineers continuously
developing, refining and enhancing the
car over its lifetime; NVIDIA’s AI computing
architecture helping Mercedes-Benz to streamline its journey toward
autonomous driving; the new system’s focus on safety; and it
being possible for every car to be updated over
the air to enable new automated driving functions; are
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